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2. Microsoft Defender Antivirus - Wikipedia

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   Microsoft Defender Antivirus. Microsoft Defender Antivirus (formerly Windows Defender) is an antivirus software component of Microsoft Windows. It was first released as a downloadable free anti-spyware program for Windows XP and was shipped with Windows Vista and Windows 7. It has evolved into a full antivirus program, replacing Microsoft ...

3. Alureon - Wikipedia

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   Alureon. Alureon (also known as TDSS or TDL-4) is a trojan and rootkit created to steal data by intercepting a system's network traffic and searching for banking usernames and passwords, credit card data, PayPal information, social security numbers, and other sensitive user data. [1] Following a series of customer complaints, Microsoft ...

4. Virus hoax - Wikipedia

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   Virus hoax. A computer virus hoax is a message warning the recipients of a non-existent computer virus threat. The message is usually a chain e-mail that tells the recipients to forward it to everyone they know, but it can also be in the form of a pop-up window. [1] [2]

5. Criticism of Windows 10 - Wikipedia

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   Critics have noted that Windows 10 heavily emphasizes freemium services and contains various advertising facilities. Some outlets have considered these to be a hidden "cost" of the free upgrade offer. [1] [2] [3] Examples include media storefronts, Office 365, paid functionality in bundled games such as Microsoft Solitaire Collection, [4] [1 ...

6. WannaCry ransomware attack - Wikipedia

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   Microsoft Windows. The WannaCry ransomware attack was a worldwide cyberattack in May 2017 by the WannaCry ransomware cryptoworm, which targeted computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system by encrypting data and demanding ransom payments in the Bitcoin cryptocurrency. [5] It propagated by using EternalBlue, an exploit developed by ...

7. Petya (malware family) - Wikipedia

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   Petya is a family of encrypting malware that was first discovered in 2016. [2] The malware targets Microsoft Windows –based systems, infecting the master boot record to execute a payload that encrypts a hard drive's file system table and prevents Windows from booting. It subsequently demands that the user make a payment in Bitcoin in order to ...